Changes in phytoplankton biomass and primary production between 1991 and 2001 in the Westerschelde estuary (Belgium/The Netherlands)

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 540, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 117-126

  Kromkamp, Jacco C ^a   Peene, Jan ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Light attenuation; Phytoplankton; Primary production; Suspended matter; Westerschelde estuary

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONTAMINATION; DREDGING; MARINE POLLUTION; NITRIFICATION; NUTRITION; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); PHOSPHATES; TURBIDITY; WATER QUALITY;

DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATIONS; PHYTOPLANKTONS; SI-CONCENTRATIONS;

ESTUARIES;

PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION;

BENELUX; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE; WESTERSCHELDE; WORLD; ZEELAND;

EID: 21144435300     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-004-7124-9     Document Type: Article

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